Did You Ever See a Dream Walking?: American Conservative Thought in the Twentieth CenturyWilliam F. Buckley (Jr.) Half-title: American conservative thought in the twentieth century. |
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... constitution also has an unwritten one ; in a society like ours , that is to say , only part of the Constitution is written down . In the United States , moreover , this is true with respect to each of the four constitutional functions ...
... constitution also has an unwritten one ; in a society like ours , that is to say , only part of the Constitution is written down . In the United States , moreover , this is true with respect to each of the four constitutional functions ...
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... constitutions . The principal differences arise out of the method by which the two types of constitution are made , and thus the method by which they may be unmade , or changed . A fixed constitutional provision , under our system , is ...
... constitutions . The principal differences arise out of the method by which the two types of constitution are made , and thus the method by which they may be unmade , or changed . A fixed constitutional provision , under our system , is ...
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... constitutional majority has now formally decided it belongs - in our fixed constitution . On the other hand , attempts to give fixed constitutional status to policies that do not lend themselves to that treatment will be at best futile ...
... constitutional majority has now formally decided it belongs - in our fixed constitution . On the other hand , attempts to give fixed constitutional status to policies that do not lend themselves to that treatment will be at best futile ...
Contents
you Ever See a Dream Walking? | xv |
Selected Bibliography | xli |
Part One THE HISTORICAL | 3 |
Copyright | |
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